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No, You Cannot Borrow My Truck
In 1951, the US Army began publishing PS Magazine. The idea was to publish a magazine about Preventive Maintenance that soldiers would actually want to read. They found an artist named Will Eisner and his company began creating artwork for the magazine. Eisner believed that comics had teaching potential and convinced many talented artists to help him. Each month contained a single-frame comic and an accompanying limerick called "Joe's Dope Sheet". Every month followed the story of Joe, a soldier who ignores preventive maintenance and learns of its importance in the end.
- Bill Barto
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Belling the Cat and RCFA
I'm a big fan of Aesop's fables. I use them with my kids to remind them to always tell the truth (The Boy Who Cried Wolf) and to appreciate the things that they have (The Dog and the Shadow). I thought it might be interesting to use some of the thousands of fables that Aesop wrote to discuss maintenance and reliability principles. This is my first post in hopefully a long series.
- Bill Barto
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Avoiding Machine Failure with Oil Condition Monitoring
Lubricants, fuels and other key fluids analyses provide critical early warning information indicative of machine failure. By analyzing and trending data, one can schedule maintenance before a critical failure occurs. The results are higher equipment availability and productivity, lower maintenance costs, lower total cost of ownership (TCO), fewer outages, optimal equipment performance and a greener operation.
- Mentor APM
- MentorAPM
Making Use of that Historical Work Order Data
What happens when your historical work order data is all over the place? It can lead to inconsistencies in operations and maintenance...
- Maria McLoughlin
- HubHead
Why Did Your CMMS Implementation Fail?
You spent all your time and money looking for a CMMS/ EAM system only to find that your implementation process was a failure. One may argue that they took all the necessary steps required to set up and initiate their software, but implementation goes beyond that..
- Maria McLoughlin
- HubHead
Packing Basics
Shipping your companies cargo seems as easy as putting it on a pallet, but there is more to it, and we want to make sure you understand the crucial details when packaging your freight. This will help ensure your shipment departs on time and arrives safely..
- CAP Logistics
Where Did All The Wrench Time Go?
You are probably aware of the numerous benefits preventive maintenance (PM) has on your organization. From increased uptime to saving millions of dollars, preventative maintenance can ensure longer asset life due to lower significant repairs. However, some of these PMs can be costly to your business if they are outdated or poorly chosen.
- Maria McLoughlin
- HubHead
Electrical Reliability on the Grid Part 3: Wind Site Internal Distribution
In Part 2 of this series we discussed the reliability of the wind turbines themselves. However, the individual wind tower, whether it is on-shore or off-shore, is actually a cell in a large battery in a utility scale wind site which will have tens or hundreds of wind towers for each generation location..
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
Automatic Fault Diagnosis
Automatic fault diagnosis can provide an answer to the time, cost and skills issues that hinder efforts to detect and deal with vibration problems before they become critical.
- Lee McFarlane
- AVT Reliability